The Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU School of Law is currently accepting applications for its full-time 10-week summer legal internship program, which will run from June 4, 2018 to August 10, 2018.
Applications are due November 1, 2017.
The Center houses the Global Justice Clinic, the Just Security online forum, and two UN experts and their research staff: the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights and the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to truth, justice, reparation, and guarantees of non-recurrence (transitional justice). Center faculty and staff will be working across a diverse range of issues, including:
- Access to justice and legal empowerment
- American poverty and human rights
- Artificial intelligence and its impact on the human rights of the poor
- Arts and human rights
- Community-based human rights monitoring and data analysis
- Corporate accountability and remedies for human rights violations by corporate actors
- Data visualization and human rights
- Human rights methodology
- Legal empowerment
- National security law and international law involving use of force and armed conflict
- Rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities to free, prior, and informed consent
- Tax policy and human rights
- Transitional justice
- Trauma and resilience among human rights defenders
For additional information on CHRGJ’s current research, please visit our website and subscribe to our mailing list to receive announcements regarding new projects.
Interns’ work will include legal research, writing, and advocacy support. They will be expected to work well independently and as a team, and will be encouraged to engage with CHRGJ staff and visiting scholars as active colleagues. Interns will also participate in a series of educational seminars held every two weeks. This is an excellent opportunity for anyone seeking to enhance their knowledge of human rights law and practice and/or to pursue a career in public interest and social justice.
Application instructions
Please send the following to Brianne Cuffe at CHRGJ.nyu@gmail.com with the subject: 2018 Summer Legal Internship:
- application form
- cover letter tailored to the area(s) of CHRGJ you are most interested in working
- current CV
- names and contact information of two references
- unofficial law school transcript
- writing sample (English-language, 10 pages maximum, excerpts acceptable)
Application materials should be consolidated into a single PDF file in the order listed above and received by November 1, 2017 at 5:00pm.
Funding
Due to limited resources, candidates are strongly encouraged to seek other funding sources, such as their law school’s public interest law centers, local bar foundations and Equal Justice America.
Qualifications
Required
- Current or recent enrollment in a law degree program (JD, LLM, or equivalent)
- Eligibility to intern in the United States
- Excellent analytical, research and writing skills as demonstrated by academic record and/or writing sample(s)
- Demonstrated commitment to human rights and social justice
- Knowledge of the international legal system
- Strong capacity to work independently and with people from diverse backgrounds, including partner organizations
Preferred
- Work experience prior to law school
Not required but will be considered assets for some positions:
- Fluency and/or ability to conduct legal and human rights research in another language-particularly Spanish, French, Haitian Kreyol, Swahili, and/or Arabic
- Experience with litigation in national, regional, or international bodies
- Quantitative research skills
- Systematic qualitative research skills, e.g., content coding, focus groups
- Training or experience in psychology or mental health
- Training or experience in journalism
- Knowledge of earth sciences, especially hydrology or geology
- Knowledge of extractive industries (oil, mining, and gas)
- Knowledge of international financial institutions
- Interest in corporate accountability or business and human rights
Applications from persons of color, LGBTQI persons, women, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged.